Vitamin D - The Sunshine Vitamin

I come into work yesterday and basically the first words I hear are "The Vitamin D deficiency is now recognized as an epidemic" Saaay what? Thanks to my lovely mother and her weird obsession with reading articles on vitamins and other strange things, I now know that the U.S. has a Vitmain D epidemic...no other country does, just good ol' America. And even more so for us peeps in Ohio and other neighboring states since we have lack of sunshine. We only have dark skies, clouds, and rain - which I am completely OK with. So, because my mother knows that I cannot afford vitamins (since I spend all my money on clothes and Vladimir...oh and bills) she came into work with two humungo bottles of Womens One A Days and Vitamin D. God bless her soul for keeping her vitamin D deficient daughter up to par.

Make sure to get your pale ass cabooses out in the sun and soak up some up that sweet, sweet Vitamin D! Your body will surely thank you!

If you don't then here are the consequences, thanks to    
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/135/11/2739S.full 

 "Vitamin D deficiency causes poor mineralization of the collagen matrix in young children’s bones leading to growth retardation and bone deformities known as rickets. In adults, vitamin D deficiency induces secondary hyperparathyroidism, which causes a loss of matrix and minerals, thus increasing the risk of osteoporosis and fractures."

Happy Days!